prettier-java VS fnm

I ended up, from a friend suggestion, looking into a java prettier plugin. Prettier allowed for an easy integration with most Web IDE, can be configured to format on save for vscode and is trivial to run in CI.

Prettier does not natively support Java, they have a community plugin for Java https://github.com/jhipster/prettier-java (link is from prettier.io) are you using this? I don't use prettier with Java though, Im not sure it works with the VS Code extension out of the box. prettier by itself is a separate thing from the VS Code extension

I didn’t realize prettier was used for other languages. I’ve been kinda frustrated with our java formatter at work, so I took a look at the prettier java formatter: https://github.com/jhipster/prettier-java

Prettier has support for Java. https://github.com/jhipster/prettier-java

Did you know Prettier for Java is a JHipster project?

Install nodejs: (I highly recommend using a node version manager like fnm) and to install a recent node version (current long term support is 16+)

I highly recommend setting up nodejs with a version manager, nvm was and still is a popular option, however, I now recommend and have been using fnm, a simpler and faster alternative to manage my nodejs versions.

I switched from nvm to fnm a few years ago and have never looked back. Zero performance issues and it supports .nvmrc files.

https://github.com/Schniz/fnm

Are you using some kind of node version manager like fnm?

If it's your terminal that's slow in general and not neovim specifically I found that switching from nvm to fnm for managing node significantly faster at starting up my shell. I don't know whether this is what your issue is but I thought I'd share it regardless. https://github.com/Schniz/fnm

fnm is a fast and simple Node.js version manager. It's really easy to use and is much faster than nvm.

As a macOS user, it boils my brain whenever I've to type in something like ~/Library/Application Support/org.rust-lang.Cargo/config.toml. macOS users have been begging CLI tools to support XDG variables on macOS too. Setting defaults is a strong indication to the community what should be the "preferred" locations. The defaults defined in your article will invariably lead to some authors saying that if that path is good enough for cargo, then it is good enough for their tool. Even the latest draft RFC acknowledges that macOS should use XDG variables too. I've written more about this here.

Install something like Fast Node Manager from https://github.com/Schniz/fnm and install your Node from there. I work in the software field and tend to use the LTS releases for the TypeScript/React projects I work on.

fnm!

You’ll need pnpm and Node.js installed on your machine + some tool for switching node versions (e.g. fnm or nvm will work fine);